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...further progress against various immune disorders, allergies and certain cancers, such as those of the blood and bone marrow, that involve a compromised immune system. "As one example, a decrease in the number of CD4 T cells is the primary mechanism by which HIV causes AIDS," Kappes said. The helper-deficien...

...len from unpolluted areas, possibly explaining why allergies are more prevalent in places with high levels of car exhaust emissions. Traidl-Hoffmann and colleagues showed that extracts from birch pollen and other common allergens block the production of a soluble protein by immune cells that normally inhibits...

A molecule designed to block cat allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in labor...n cat allergies, but also possibly for severe food allergies such as those to peanuts. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part o...

...e United States, the most significant rise in food allergies has been attributed to peanuts and other nuts. The allergenicity of peanuts is due to the presence of specific types of proteins including Ara h1 and Ara h2. Yu and her colleagues discovered during a study of various processing methods on the allerge...

...in adults, regardless of whether an individual has allergies or not" said Peter S. Thorne, Ph.D., a researcher at the University of Iowa and lead author on the paper. "This suggests that exposure to endotoxin increases asthma risk even in non-allergic individuals." Since the mid 1960s, researchers knew that h...

For a person with allergies or asthma, breathing in pollen can be a very bad thing. Within minutes of inhalation by someone sensitive to their effects, these tiny particles can trigger severe inflammation of the respiratory passages, producing uncontrollable sneezing, coughing,...

...rial, fungal, and viral infections (keratitis) and allergies to various dystrophies including keratoconus. "Corneal damage and disorders account for several million cases of impaired vision and are second to cataracts as the most important cause of blindness in the world," explains study author Dr. Jan J. Eng...

...e these insights to develop new drug therapies for allergies and other immune responses, high cholesterol and perhaps viral infections. By understanding a membrane's role in cell function, she explained that these nano-keys could interfere with responses via the membrane interactions, rather than just targeti...

...rt the notion that the immune response that causes allergies and asthma is an evolutionary hangover resulting from mankind's historical fight with parasitic worm infections. That is, a type 2 response that was once useful in fighting worm infections has now become a dangerous menace, causing inflammatory resp...

...aid several studies have reported that people with allergies or asthma have a lower risk of developing glioblas... focused on antihistamines because people who have allergies typically take antihistamines. "We knew that the different types of tumors have different etiologie...

... Because autoimmune diseases ?such as arthritis, allergies and dozens of other illnesses ?begin when the body's defenses respond at the wrong time or place, the on-off mechanism for the immune system has been the subject of intense study for decades. The USC-Harvard team studied proteins critical to immune...

...en up a new approach to studying human disease and allergies that complements traditional scientific studies. ...nt but harmless environmental antigens, leading to allergies to those antigens." "These results are consistent with the idea that animals without access to mode...

...g children more susceptible to developing multiple allergies later in life. The team found that infants who w...ernaria--early in life were more likely to develop allergies to mold, pollen, dust mites, pet dander and certain foods as they grew older. This is the first st...

...erers and, in due course, could be used to prevent allergies in children. "Prevention of allergies has never before been possible," said Professor Garrod. "Current medicines don't act against the all...

...hat grow without the primary protein linked to soy allergies in children and adults. The two lines already are ...ase in the number of children and adults that have allergies to soybeans," Hymowitz said. Currently, 6 percent to 8 percent of children are allergic to soy-bas...

... a genetically engineered crop potentially causing allergies was StarLink corn. Created by Aventis in 1996, StarLink contained the cry9C protein from a common soil bacterium, a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis. The cry9C protein protected the corn from several types of corn borers and black cutworms. StarLink ...

...ogy and a senior member of the research team. “Egg allergies cause a significant decrease in quality of life fo...ple.? Egg allergy is one of the most common food allergies among children in the United States, Burks said. Just how many children are allergic to eggs is uncl...

...man illness, including pneumonia, skin infections, allergies and asthma. Garbelotto is perhaps best known for his work in the identification of Phytophthora ramorum, the fungus-like plant pathogen that made its way from Europe to the United States. The pathogen is responsible for sudden oak death, the disea...

...enic protein found in egg whites, which cause most allergies in young children. Kefir is also reported to prevent food antigens from passing through the intestinal wall. Liu believes that the milky drink could be a promising tool in the prevention of allergies. "In the future, maybe we can screen out the ce...

Infants whose parents have allergies that produce symptoms like wheezing, asthma, hay fever or hives risk developing allergic sensitization much earlier in life than previously reported, according to a study by Cincinnati researchers. The study suggests that the current practice of av...

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